Am I the only one that still sleeps with their baby at almost 1 year old

[calm]

Just wondered. I've always had a bed in their nursery, and two cots were always a bit squashed in our bedroom, plus DH has to work. They used to sleep really well, but then we hit the regressions and it all went down hill. Not all nights are bad, but rare in the day that I don't have to put a dummy in or sometimes put one in the bed with me to get him to sleep. The thing is with twins I can't risk them waking each other up so I have to be quick, if I was in a different room it would take a time to wake up and get to them. I would love to sleep in the bed with hubby but just can't see it happening. I am the only one?

 

[too_scared]

We have a family bed. We have 2 queen sized mattresses pushed together on the floor. Dh, kiddo, munchkin, and I all sleep together. It's wonderful. At the beginning I had to take munchkin out of the room when she woke because she was so noisy. Now kiddo is used to it and munchkin is much better at latching. I sometimes get to lay in bed all night long! Still not getting much sleep, though. Haha! Hopefully soon!

 

[Cangaroo]

We have a family bed, too. Super king sized bed with a side car cot (though DD2 rarely sleeps in the cot!). DD1 moved out of our bed into her own room entirely of her own accord a few months after she turned 3. She occasionally comes into our bed in the night, but very rarely. We all sleep very well with this arrangement! I can't imagine having to drag myself to another room to attend the baby in the night.

 

[Kitteh_Kat]

We didn't move DD until she was 1, otherwise we co-slept or she slept in her crib in our room.

 

[calm]

I'm just wondering if I'm ever going to sleep in my own room Or if this still is going to continue for a few years to come Hubby says to just put the monitor in our room, but to be honest I wouldn't trust myself to awake when the movements are subtle, which I do when I'm in the room. Plus as you say the thought of dragging myself to another room. I can just imagine putting the dummy in, getting back to my own room and the moment my head hit the pillow having to go back again.

 

[Nolagyrl1913]

My daughter is 18 months and her crib is in our room. She sleeps in her crib for most of the night and will wake up an hour or so before I have to get up and get ready for work. It works for us, I am just not ready to put her in her bedroom alone to sleep (notice I said I AM not ready, she would probably do ok).

 

[lola_90]

Nope my son is three and we still sleep in the same room!!

 

[Perplexed]

Dd has always been in our room until really a month to 6 weeks ago when we finally moved house. Even when she slept in the same room we'd still bring her into our bed if she needs to.

In our current home the kids room is inside our bedroom. It has its own door & bathroom but it's inside our room so it is very close. I do get up and go to their room when they need me to. And dd still sleeps with us some nights. some nights ds also slept in our bed (not the same time as dd though).

sometimes I wonder if I should put a mattress in the nursery and sleep with the kids when they need me to, but I just don't know.

 

[calm]

Dd has always been in our room until really a month to 6 weeks ago when we finally moved house. Even when she slept in the same room we'd still bring her into our bed if she needs to.

In our current home the kids room is inside our bedroom. It has its own door & bathroom but it's inside our room so it is very close. I do get up and go to their room when they need me to. And dd still sleeps with us some nights. some nights ds also slept in our bed (not the same time as dd though).

sometimes I wonder if I should put a mattress in the nursery and sleep with the kids when they need me to, but I just don't know.

Don't do it, you'll never leave

 

[minties]

My 'baby' will be 3 in November and shares a bed with me still!

 

[too_scared]

I enjoy having them in bed with us. I sleep with one kiddo cuddled into one side and the other kiddo cuddled into the other. I can't move but I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[zorak]

My DS is two today and his toddler bed is currently in our room. He's gone through spells of being in our bed, his own room etc. When DS2 was born he got really needy and wanted in our bed every night. We allowed it for 8 weeks or so then I gradually stopped it. Now he's just happy to know we are in the room too. So we have our bed, he has his and DS2 is currently in a pack n play. We keep other furniture in our room to a minimum and use the other bedroom as a dressing room etc. During the night we keep the door open so the room never gets stuffy. We all sleep really well like this, the kids are comforted by our presence and both myself and DH love being able to check on them whenever. It hasn't impacted our relationship at all, we can still snuggle in bed and just have adult time in the living room before going to bed .

 

[too_scared]

We have a spare bedroom

It's funny, dh and I never used to cuddle. I generally hate cuddling when I'm asleep as I get too hot, but, I love cuddling with the babies. Dh loves the kiddo cuddles too.

 

[SpringCrane]

We've gone through phases where my husband slept in the guest room and baby and I co-slept in our bed. It was hard for me to not sleep with my husband, but the baby snuggles helped. He's two now and he sleeps in his own crib all night 98% of the time (as of a few months ago). A few nights per week I have to go in for a few minutes if he wakes up sad. Occasionally I end up sleeping on the floor in his room as my presence helps him settle (I usually do this when I've already had to go in more than twice that night so we all get sleep). Very rarely he comes down onto the floor with me. But for a while that was the norm... baby and me sleeping on the nursery floor.

We've gone though all the different arrangements. All co-slept together the first 4 months and it just adjusted from there for us all to get the sleep we needed.

Do what works for you, kiddos, and husband. Don't worry about anyone else. You have unique concerns having twins, so I can appreciate why you want to be able to act quickly. Hang in there!

 

[meli1981]

Nope...my son just went into his own room.. And he's almost 27 months!

 

[Bevziibubble]

I bed shared until LO was just over 3 years old. She goes to sleep in her own room at night now but we still bed share in the night when she wakes up

 

[_Meep_]

My kid spends the first half of the night in her own room and the second half in bed with us, simply because she always wakes up and I can't be bothered to sit up with her until she goes back to sleep - if I go straight back to bed with her, I don't even have to fully wake up, and can just lie down, stick her on a boob and that'll be it.

I'd obviously probably rather not ideally, but I do quite like sleeping with her.

 

[calm]

My kid spends the first half of the night in her own room and the second half in bed with us, simply because she always wakes up and I can't be bothered to sit up with her until she goes back to sleep - if I go straight back to bed with her, I don't even have to fully wake up, and can just lie down, stick her on a boob and that'll be it.

I'd obviously probably rather not ideally, but I do quite like sleeping with her.

I agree with all you said, its just exhaustion sometimes that I have to pop one in with me, unless I'm unlucky enough for them both to be awake. I do like it too, its lovely bonding, but I don't rest as well as I'm in hyper vigilant mode. They were up at 5:30 today, I'm actually starting to fall asleep in the playpen with them

 

[whigfield]

LO is still in our room, though in his cot thank god, because he's such a fidget. I've been really close to moving him into his own room so many times and then I kept stopping. He will probably be moving to his own room when we move house next month though, we decided not to unsettle him twice in a short space of time.

 

[_Meep_]

Know what you mean about hyper-vigilant mode! I get that too - I'm aware of every movement and shuffle she makes ... I haven't actually had a full night's sleep now since I was about six months pregnant, so I'm used to it. But I do look forward to the future when she will (hopefully) sleep soundly in her own bedroom all night!